desiccate

verbdes·ic·cate \ˈdes-i-ˌkāt\

des·ic·cat·eddes·ic·cat·ing

Medical Definition of DESICCATE

transitive verb

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: to dry up or cause to dry up : deprive or exhaust of moisture; especially: to dry thoroughly <uses radio frequencies of 100,000 Hz to 10,000,000 Hz to cut, coagulate, and desiccate tissue—Bettyann Hutchisson et al>